Corn-planter.



W. F. ENGELMAN.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914:.

2 SHEETSSHEBT l Attorneys THE NORRIS PETERS CQ. PHOTO-LITHOH WASHINGTON, Dv C W'. F. ENGELMAN.

CORN PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED IBB.3, 1914.

Patented Aug. 11,1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Witnesses S y e n r o t t A THE NORRIS PETEERS CO., PHOTO-LITHDN WASHINGTON. D C

.vention herein WILLIAM F. ENGELMAN, OF N OKOMIS, ILLINOIS.

conN rLANTEa,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. ENGEL- MAN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Nokomis, in the county of Montgomery and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Corn-Planter, of which the following is a specification. The present invention appertains generally to planters, and aims more particularly to provide a novel and improved wirelesscheck row planter for dropping cornor other seed, and formarkingthe hills.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a planter embodying a unique means for actuating the seeddropper, and for marking the hills, after the seed has been dropped. l It isanother object of the present invention to provide a planter of the nature indioated, embodying means for readily setting the dropping means after the planter has reached the end of one row and has been turned around to start a new row, whereby the seed may be planted, in rows in a convenient and ready manner.

A further object of the present invention is to provide novel means for locking the seed dropping mechanism in inoperative position. p

It is also within the spirit of the invention to provide a mechanism of the nature indicated, which shall be comparatively simple, and inexpensive in construction, as well as being simple, convenient, practical and eflicient in its use. 1

With the foregoing and other. objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the inventionresides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the indisclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has beenillustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation ofa planter embodying the present improvements, portions being broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, portions being broken away. i r

The planter as illustrated, and which may be taken as typical, embodies a frame 1, the sideportions or beams thereof, being Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 3, 1914. Serial No.

soil.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914. 816,266.

frame 1, over the field by draft animals. A suitable seat 5 is also mounted on the rear end por tion of the frame 1. The planter further includes a pair of seed hoppers or boXes 6 mounted on the front end portion of the frame at the sides thereof in advance of the ground wheels, the saidhoppers or boxes being provided with the usual seed dis charge controllingmeans connected by an operating shaft 7, the chutes or boots 8 depending from the seed hoppers or receptacles 6 to deliver the released seed to the The usual seed releasing means (not shown) for dropping the seed into the chutes or boots 8, are connected by means of a rock shaft 9 which is adapted to be actuated. automatically in the manner as will presently appear.

lever orarm 10 is fulcrumed or pivoted to one side of the frame 1, adjoining the inner side of one of the ground wheels, and a lever or arm 11 is keyed or attached to the rock shaft 9 for releasing or dropping the seed down the chutes or boots 8, a link or connecting rod 12 having its terminals pivoted to the free ends of the lovers or arms 10 and 11. The arm or lever 10 is arranged to be oscillated or tipped by the adjoining ground wheel, and to this end, a roller 14 is carried by the arm or lever 10 intermediate its ends, and projecting outwardly toward the adjolnlng wheel, while a series of clamps or clips 15 are engaged to certain spokes of the said ground wheel andeach has an inwardly offset cam or wiper finger 16 arranged to engage the roller 14 as the ground wheels rotate due to the forward motion of the planter. The clamps 0r clips 15 are preferably placed upon the spokes so as to be adjusted radially, and preferably have set screws or clamping means for holding them at the proper position, in order that the cam or wiper fingers 16 will properly engage the roller 14 when the machine is in operation. The cam or wiper fingers 16 are disposed obliquely or angularly, and are offset from one side of the corresponding ground wheel to force the roller 14 rearwardly and downwardly, or toward the hub of the said ground wheel, when the said fingers pass over the roller, to thereby swing the arm or lever 10 rearwardly, and to corthe hook attached to the outer. end of the rock shaft '18 to be released respondingly swing the arm or lever 11 to oscillate the rock shaft 9. A coiled wlre retractile spring 13 is attached to the arm or lever 11 and to the forward end of the frame 17 corresponding in number with the. cam

or wiper fingers 16, and which are so arranged as to enter the soil over the planted seed or hills to mark or check the same.

In order to lock the lever or arm 10 in inoperative position, to thereby prevent the actuation of the rock shaft, a hook or detent 18 is carriedby that side of the frame 1 to which the arm or lever 10 is fulcrumed, or detent 18 being preferably 19 journaled through said side of the frame,

and having a foot treadle 20 attached to its 1 inner end within convenient reach of the operator seated upon the seat The hook or detent 18 is arranged to engage overthe roller 14 when the arm or lever 10 is swung rearwardly and downwardly to such an extent, that theroller 1 1 is swung beyond the ath of the cam or wiper fingers 16, whereby.

the actuating mechanism will remain idle,

when the planter 1s drawn onto and off the field, The planter is also provided with a jack device, including a treadle or foot piece 21, fulcrumed to that side of the frame 1, having the armor lever 10 and hook 18, and a thrust bar 22- pivoted at its upper end to the treadle or foot piece 21 and being provided at itslower end with a shoe or foot 23 adapted to rest upon the soil adjoining that ground wheel having the cam fingers 16 and markers 17 V In operation, supposing the hook or detent from the roller 14, the planter or machine being drawn forwardly, will cause the cam or wiper fingers 16 to suecessively engage and force the roller lt rearwardly and downwardly, to intermittently actuate'the shaft 9 for droppingthe seed into the boots or chutes 8, the hills being marked by the marking devices 17. Then, when the planter reaches the end of the row, and when the planter has been turned around, to start a new row, the operator may readily set the actuating mechanism whereby the hills of the new row will aline with the hills of the previously formed rows. This is accomplished by depressing the treadle or foot piece 21, to thereby raise the frame 1 and to carry that ground Wheel 3 having the markers 17 and cam fingers 16 I piece 21 and the planter may then r its movement over the field, to form the new above the soil, so that'the operator-may readily rotate the saidground wheel to properly set the samey-in check with the previously formed hills. The frame may then be dropped, by releasing the treadle or foot hills, which, it willbe noted, will aline or check with the previously formed hills, as is highly desirable. l l f When it is desired to lock the, mechanism for releasingor discharging the seed,-the

continue lever or arm 10 1s swung rearwardly, in order that thehook or detent 18 may be engagecl over the roller 1 1 to thereby prevent the cam fingers 16 from engaging the roller 1 1 tooperate the armor lever 10, Thus, the actuating ni-echanism may be locked in inoperative position,'when the'planter isbe- I ing run onto or off the field, or whileitis being turned lhe hook or leased, when desired, by depressing the foot piece or treadle 20, as will be obvious,

Particular attention is directed to the, fact that it is not necessary for the operator to leave; his seat, for 1 setting the actuating mechanism at the beginningof the row of so aroundat the end ofthefieldl d-etent 18 may be readilywre' hills, inasmuch as the ground wheelhaving the markers, may be readily from the soil, by means of the jacking ,Clvice carried by theframe.

disengaged From the. foregoin taken in connection with the drawings, theother advantages or desirable features of the presentimprovements will be obvious to those versedin the art, it being noted that the objects, aimed at have been carried out satisfactorily.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is y 1 .7

In a planter,a wheel mounted frame, a seed dropper rock shaft carried by the frame, a spring returned arm attached to the said shaft, a lever fulcrumed to the frame adjoining one ground wheel, a link connecting the said arm and'lever, aroller carried by the said lever andprojecting toward the said ground wheel, clamps carried by certain spokes of the said ground wheel and having oblique cam fingers offset from one side of the wheel and arranged to eniio gage the saidroller, and markers disposed upon the tire of the said ground wheel.

In testimony that I clalm the as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses. I IVILLIAM F. ENGELMAN. Witnesses: Q

ELMER- TRUITT, EARL Mom.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

, Washington, D. G.

foregolng j 1, 

